perhaps wasted space!

[Tdod]

what happens in a shed enviroment when you do your inspections?
do the bees fly out and fill the shed and then what happens to all the bees that flew out when the hive was open when you shut it back up are they not trapped in the shed??

Just wondered

 

[beekeeping4you]

what happens in a shed enviroment when you do your inspections?
do the bees fly out and fill the shed and then what happens to all the bees that flew out when the hive was open when you shut it back up are they not trapped in the shed??

Just wondered

Depends on the type of shed...

http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showpost.php?p=373899&postcount=7

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

its a shed with darlington hive based boxes

Made from an old railway carriage?

 

[ichbinpaul]

http://www.taylorsgardenbuildings.co.uk/bee_house_beehives.html

try this for size, there is also a load of pdf reaseaerch papers from them to find as well somewhere

And to think that I gave brum up to being desolate and void of goodness when the Motorcycle industry got the finger from the towrag gov, so far I have avoided being confined to a wheelchair, this is most interesting thanks Pete!.

 

[Tdod]

I was assuming the shed was a standard shed with hives inside with the hive entrances tubed to the outside so my query was when the lid was lifted for inspections the bees would come out into the shed and then not be able to get back into the hive as the entrance is outside!!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Bee escapes?

 

[richardbees]

my query was when the lid was lifted for inspections the bees would come out into the shed and then not be able to get back into the hive as the entrance is outside!

Hopefully by having a single window with an opening at the top?

I've just partitioned-off one end of a shed to experiment over-wintering a weak nuc.... that's what I've done.

 

[beekeeping4you]

I was assuming the shed was a standard shed with hives inside with the hive entrances tubed to the outside so my query was when the lid was lifted for inspections the bees would come out into the shed and then not be able to get back into the hive as the entrance is outside!!

Bees can leave the shed either through:

• Windows with glass that leaves a gap at the top (-gaps to be closed with a hinged batten)
• Permanent bee escape through ridge (view attachment)

'Well-Agral' in the drawing = corrugated roofing sheets


Regards
Reiner

 

[beekeeping4you]

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[Adie]

Just cut some horizontal slits in the shed wall near the roof to let the bees escape. I also have a stable type door which I open to let them out.

 

[Tdod]

I was only wondering how people managed in a shed enviroment may be something I look at in the future, waying up advantages and dis-advantages

 

[Hombre]

They probably manage slightly better than in a dog house environment . . .

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

They probably manage slightly better than in a dog house environment . . .

Which is where I find myself more and more at the moment

 

[Dusty Rhodes]

Which is where I find myself more and more at the moment

Too good for you, in my opinion.

Your SWMBO is a real saint.

Dusty.

P.s. Like your self portrait avatar.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

P.s. Like your self portrait avatar.

That's mabel - named after my aunty mabel - the last owner of Brynmair. Territorial, Small package of p!ss and vinegar and a real bitch AKA 'the bog rat!

 

[Dusty Rhodes]

That's mabel - named after my aunty mabel - the last owner of Brynmair. Territorial, Small package of p!ss and vinegar and a real bitch AKA 'the bog rat!

What's the dog like them?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

The same but more likeable (and that's no joke!) I bet you that twenty years after she died satasn is still trying to find some redeeming features so he can send her 'upstairs' - he's probably put her in charge of purgatory!!